Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-10-01
AN INFANT INDI STRY.
People Who Make a Business Of Adopt
ing" Little CastawayS.

III f4It>buTg. ! something incredible.
say, the Pin >burg Con1as ~ciIi- Gu-ttts.
In fact person looking al the figures
would come 10 the conclusion that
there was good deal of system ana
method III the plans uf those who kind
II furnish children for those Who have
them not. The career If 4 child thHs
left i often checkered one. ii
course. it would not bc proper 10 sup
pose for moment that the babe was
left on the right doorstep or that any
body IN the house knew ANYTHING about
it. Il must be a waif. a founding, left
bv some bold bad woman who has for
>ahen il 10 be rid of the trouble ofrcar-
inc it. GeneraIle the policeman j.
called for and the bundle packed 10 the
station-holise or some orphan aSI lum.
ami from there to the poor farm. Yet
| there are eases in actual life. and not
| only IN romance. where the 9aby's in
| nocent smile has Won it a home among
| the childless people where 1t was left.
Upward of fifty waits or babes have
! been picked up by the authorities dur
| ing the last year and cared for al an
asylum. or the poor farm. Most Of them
| died. The exposure wa, too great or
the diet did not agree with them.
Many had talnts OF the diseases of their
progenitorS. and if they lived long
| enough to become three months old
their vitality failed them. Here and
there as an oasis in the desert. once in
a while bright little chap stuck il out
and became either somebody,s darling
or now waits for adoption
There are in Pittsburg, although it is
| trannraIlv EnAXTn several
who adopt" children. One Of these
|. creatures lives on Second avenue 4
rap at the door of her house Yesterday
brought to view a portly female with
gray eyes. She was more than polite
She was courteous. The reporter was
ushered into a small room with desk
in the corner. a few chairs, and q
screen running across the room. behind
which there might have been most any
thing.
You take care of babies?' ycntured
| the reporter.
Yes, | attend to cases (She laid
particular stress on the word eases.
Il provide them homes; nice homes
with good people"
well, | have a friend who wishes
me to call and learn the expense at
tending your charges for eases?
Fifty dollars month board is my
lowest price; 800 a month for my best
rooms This includes medical attend
ance.F
Who is your doctor?"
AN old man who lives in the neigh
borhood.
but the baby?'
well III get the baby a good home
for 500 y
THAT too much.
Cant do it for less You sec, ! be-
come father and mother Of the child
I'm very fond of babies and very par
tlcular where place them. | make 8
point that they receive nice treatment
and that they are placed with people
who own real estate.
Meantime visions of untold wealth
pouring into the founding, lap tloateo
before the reporter vision.
But where are the people who vii
adopt the child?' was asked.
"Oh.' and shozmoyed her hands il
a general indefinite sort Of way, "wh,
in the country I'D Ohio.
Next in the baby line are the people
who advertise for "a child to raise,
child to board with reliable lady
where it will get mothers care, etc
One lady advertised for a child >h,
was getting old aud wanted a compan
ion. Another took kids as she cN
pressed it. to board a. g 4 week !
third said her husband was out o
work and she was willing 10 take care
of baby at home TO help him.
One advertiser was asked what sh
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